Genre Theory – Steve Neale

 1) Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

A) Believed Genre- Action

B) Which of 5 Conventions to Determine That- Narrative Considerations, Evelyn is seen fighting in almost every scene.

C) Text Genre Subversion Applying to Film- Cultural Effects, I saw that Daoism is very prevalent in the film.

D) Genre Hybridity and why Relevant- family-drama, sci-fi, thriller-action, romantic comedy. The film uses aspects from all of these genres so it is very diverse and hard to deconstruct properly.

2) Phantom of the Paradise

A) Believed Genre- Comedy

B) Which of 5 Conventions to Determine That- Iconography, the plunger silence during the shower is comical.

C) Text Genre Subversion Applying to Film- Social Context, it appears that everyone there seems fine with the bird man killing people, or maybe they do not know.

D) Genre Hybridity and why Relevant- Comedy, Rock Opera, and Horror. This is relevant because all of these highly differing genres are hard to incorporate together without it turning into chaos.

3) Electric Dreams

A) Believed Genre- Comedy

B) Which of 5 Conventions to Determine That- Narrative Considerations, a talking computer and the narrator speaking funny.

C) Text Genre Subversion Applying to Film- Audience Saturation Effects, the girl that he is talking to does not know that the love is artificial and from the computer.

D) Genre Hybridity and why Relevant-  Comedy, Romance, and Sci-Fi, these work together as the computer and man are fighting over the girl. Even though, the man used the computer to help get the girl.